Black Friday Mac and iPod price guides: find the lowest prices [Ux3]

Apple early Friday morning kicked off its annual Black Friday sale, offering $101 off MacBook Pros and iMacs. However, the Mac maker's authorized resellers have far undercut the company, slashing up to $300 off MacBook Pros and $180 off iMacs. Find the best prices on Macs and iPods with AppleInsider's finalized Black Friday price guides. [Updated Saturday, Nov. 28th @ 822pm with ClubMac price cuts.]

MacBooks

For in-store pickup only, Micro Center is offering arguably the best Mac systems deal of Black Friday, Apple's new 2.26GHz 13.3" white MacBook for $799.99 after this Visa Prepaid Card $200 mail-in rebate. There's a strict limit of one per customer.

The cheapest price on this model that doesn't involve a mail-in-rebate comes from Amazon.com, which is offering it for $884.98 with the option for Saturday delivery.[Sold out]. For shipping orders that leverage rebates, MacConnection offers the lowest price at $849.99.

Apple's Black Friday sale, along with Amazon.com and MacMall, offer the best prices on the iPod touch by a few dollars. For the remainder of the iPod family, authorized resellers combine for the lowest prices, as can be seen in AppleInsider'siPod Price Guide, below.

Apple early Friday morning kicked off its annual Black Friday sale, offering $101 off MacBook Pros and iMacs. However, the Mac maker's authorized resellers have far undercut the company, slashing up to $300 off MacBook Pros and $180 off iMacs. Find the best prices on Macs and iPods with AppleInsider's finalized Black Friday price guides.

MacBooks

For in-store pickup only, Micro Center is offering arguably the best Mac systems deal of Black Friday, Apple's new 2.26GHz 13.3" white MacBook for $799.99 after this Visa Prepaid Card $200 mail-in rebate. There's a strict limit of one per customer.

The cheapest price on this model that doesn't involve a mail-in-rebate comes from Amazon.com, which is offering it for $884.98 with the option for Saturday delivery. For shipping orders that leverage rebates, MacConnection offers the lowest price at $849.99.

MacBook Pros

MacConnection also maintains the lowest pricing on all MacBook Pros with mail-in-rebates. The online reseller's Black Friday deals offer $150 off the 2.26GHz 13" MacBook Pro, $200 off both the 2.53GHz 13" MacBook Pro and 2.53GHz 15" MacBook Pro, $250 off the 2.66GHz 15" MacBook Pro, and $300 off both the 2.80GHz 15" MacBook Pro and 2.80GHz 17" MacBook Pro.

iMacs

For iMacs, MacConnection is also extending the best deals, cutting $150 off both the 3.06GHz Dual 21" iMac and 3.06GHz Dual 21" ATI iMac, $170 off the 3.06GHz Dual 27" iMac, and $180 off the 2.66GHz Quad 27" iMac.

Mac minis, Mac Pros and MacBook Airs

For its part, MacMall maintains the largest savings on MacBook Airs, Mac Pros and Mac minis.

Side-by-side price comparisons from all of Apple's top Mac authorized resellers can be seen in AppleInsider's Mac Price Guide, below. Lowest prices are in bold typeface.

iPods

Apple's Black Friday sale offers the best prices on the iPod touch by a few dollars. For the remainder of the iPod family, authorized resellers combine for the lowest prices, as can be seen in AppleInsider's iPod Price Guide, below.

Anybody know if these are the best deals of the year from Apple? Do they have anything similar right before or after Christmas??? I have my eye on the 64GB Touch...it is $358 instead of $400. With that price, I could even console myself a bit if the camera does appear in the Touch this the spring. The reason I am buying directly from Apple is the engraving.

Be careful!! Do the math first!! Compare several online retailers before buying from MacConnection because they have a long list of states in which they WILL collect sales tax. The tax they want from me on a new i5 iMac is $139, not to mention shipping. Some of the other retailers do not charge sales tax for online sales and you can possible even find free shipping deals if you search hard enough.

Be careful!! Do the math first!! Compare several online retailers before buying from MacConnection because they have a long list of states in which they WILL collect sales tax. The tax they want from me on a new i5 iMac is $139, not to mention shipping. Some of the other retailers do not charge sales tax for online sales and you can possible even find free shipping deals if you search hard enough.

Still cheaper than Apple.

You will pay tax from them too unless you live in Oregon and the other state (forget) that does not have a sales tax.

I won't jump on the glare/glossy screen issue anymore that saying it and the poor economy has put off many of my friends from purchasing a Mac from what they see in the stores (their faces and the overhead lights)

Yes, anti-glare films are available online, but it's the initial reaction in the stores (to any glossy screen) quickly divides the public into two camps: "oh nice" or "oh I can't see the screen" and that seals their decision right there.

Better if Apple offered both options equally and let the customer decide. If Apple can't get matte screens, then at sell Mac's with anti-glare films right next to the glossy ones and apply the film in the back house before giving it to the customer.

I would like to see Apple make hardware products that people need again, like desktop publishing did for them way back in the days, to increase selling of their hardware to business clients and expect them to leverage their stores advantage to maximize sales.